Helped Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox, Ill., to
both a conference and regional championship in 2011 while posting
332 kills, 289 digs and 109 total blocks . . . Led her squad to a
26-12 overall mark as a senior while attaining All-Southwest
Suburban League honors for the second-straight year . . . Ttwo-year
team captain also was a consensus all-area honoree by multiple
publications in the metropolitan Chicago area for the second
consecutive campaign . . . A four-year letterwinner for head coach
Kathy Sulkowski, Dowd also played club volleyball for the Ultimate
18 Gold Team, which placed fifth at nationals in 2010. She's
played volleyball since the fourth grade . . . The daughter of
James and Ann Dowd, Deedee is the youngest of four children and has
been active in Pi Sigma Pi and Mu Alpha Theta during her prep
tenure.